Nikola Jokic made 2 mind-blowing
plays in Goran Dragic charity send-off Goran Dragic wanted to play one more
game before he officially retired from professional basketball. The long-time
NBA guard brought some of his superstar friends to his home country of Slovenia this
weekend for one final send-off for charity, and it gave us some hilarious and entertaining
moments during the darkest months of the NBA offseason.Denver Nuggets MVP Nikola Jokic and
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic were the headline names out to support Dragic. Jokic
was in a jovial mood from the very start, trying some things he’d never attempt on an
NBA court — and actually pulling them off. Early in the game, Jokic got a steal, went
coast-to-coast, and threw himself a lob off the backboard over Dragic to finish with a dunk.
This is pure magic.Jokic may be one of the biggest players in the NBA, but he’s not exactly a
dunker. In 675 career regular season games, Jokic has only dunked 182 times, per
basketball-reference. At 284 pounds, Jokic was listed as the third heaviest player
in the NBA last year. He can still get up when he wants to, but it’s so funny to see
Jokic throw a lob to himself on a fastbreak. That might not have even been Jokic’s
best highlight of the night. Here’s a dribble-handoff with Robin Lopez, where
Jokic goes into a side-step one-footed three-pointer for some reason. Of course,
he hits nothing but net.It seems like Doncic will be playing himself into shape to
start the season for the Mavericks. Congrats to Dragic for a tremendous career.
He threw one heck of a party on his way out.